Hat-protector.



I A. HANZL.

HAT PROTECTOR.

APPLIGATIONFILED AUG. 13, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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HAT-PROTECTOIEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pater'iteel'itug. 139,1??13.

Application filed August 1?, 1912. Serial Na 14,315.-

justed to fitdiiferent sizes of head wear with an entire avoidance ofany punctures in the material of the protector and the consequentliability'to leakage of rainand damage to the head wear, and which.capable of easy application, and of being folded into a compact shapefor carriage when not required for use, all as will here inafter morefully appear.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure l, is a perspective viewof thepresent waterproof protector or covering in place upon the hat or otherheadwcar of the user. Fig. 2, is an under perspective. view of the same,detached, and partly expanded for application to the hat or otherarticle of headwear.

.Fig. 3, is an enlarged detail elevation of the means employedforeflecting a local gather- 111g in the body of the protector, ineffecting an adjustment 1n the size of the same. Fig. i, is a detail.perspective view of the button or core forming part of said gathering 1t'1 l t means. lig. 5, is a ce a1 6 \L l011 or he gathering means ordrawstr ing attlie border or margin of. the protector or covering.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the main body of the presentprotector or covering, formed from a single approxiinately circular"sheet of light waterproof fabric, preferably rubberized silk. p

2 is a narrow band or strip extending around the main body portion 1.adjacent to the margin or border of the sameyand secured thereto zit-itsedges in any usual manner to form a pocket for the.- draw string or tapehereinafter describe Said band. or strip 2, will be arranged on theouter '1." exposed surface of the main body 1, and is preerably formedof an ornamental fabric as shown.

is a drawstring or tape disposed in the I is applied.

pocket just described and issuing therefrom at one or more points toatfordnieans for shirring or gathering the marginalportion of-the mainbody 1, beneath the rim or lower border of the article of headwear towhich A. material part of the present invention, in connection with theabove described arrangement of parts, comprises means whereby one or aplurality of local gatl'ierings are made in the protector body 1,without any puncturing of the same, and by which gatherings 4. of anydesired extentcan be. produced in accordance with. the. requiredreduction in size of the protector, and in this: is a loose button orcore around which a local portion of the fabric "of the body 1, ispushed'to form a neck 6. around which a preferably endless elastic bandor .cord 7' is wound, to complete the required that with the necksgathering, and it is quite evident that the extentof such winding andthe consequent length of neck produced, will afford alocal gathering ofany extent ordinarily required. In practical use one of the gatherings 4will be formed in the center or crown of the protector body it, and acluster of said gatherings arranged symmetrically around the abovedescribed central gathering,- so

6 disposed in the interior of the protector a neat and ornamentalell'ect is imparted to the exterior of the same, and such effect may beincreased, if so desired, by the use of further ornamentation disposedat the aforesaid series of gatherings, 4t.

Having'thus fully described mysaid invention What I claim; asfnew anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is r.

1'. In a protector for ladies headwear and the like, a body-portionformed of an approximately circular sheetof light wateris pushed, and acord wound around a neck 1 formed in said fabric beyond said button orcore, substantially as setforth.

2. In a protector for ladies headwear and the like, abody portion formedof. an approximately circular sheet of light waterproof fabric andprovided with a draw string around its margin, and means for effee-tinglocal gatherings in the inner part of said body portion, the samecomprising a central loose core disposed in a contra part of the bodyportion and a cluster of loose cores disposed around said central core adistance removed from the same, the material of the body portion beingpushed around said cores, and cords Wound around necks formed in saidbody material beyond said cores, substantially as set forth,

A means for forming gathetfings in he pliable body portions ofprotectors for ladies headwear the same COIDUZiSiIlQ a :sovoass buttonor core around which a portion of said body portion is pushed aml anendless elastic cord Wound upon the neck formed said body portion beyondthe button or core,

substantially as set forth.

Signed at Chicago,- filinols, this 9th day of August, 1912 a ANNA HANZL.

i /illnesses "ROBERT BURNS, M. Hw HOLMES.

